Puccini

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Brilliant!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Tue 27 Sep 15:58:57

I like this, very enigmatic.

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 27 Sep 16:11:19

A smashing portrait.

Posted by Denise Cat on Tue 27 Sep 17:18:59

Excellent.

Posted by Chris Scott on Tue 27 Sep 17:58:01

Thank you Spencer, Heather, Denise and Chris. Your comments are greatly appreciated and encourage me to persist with portraiture.

Posted by James Underwood on Tue 27 Sep 19:42:54

Very nice work James. Strangely, he has a little resemblance to John Lennon! Or is it just me?

Posted by Stephen Slater on Tue 27 Sep 20:11:13

I really like this James

Posted by Russell Edwards on Tue 27 Sep 22:41:34

Thank you Stephen and Russell.

Posted by James Underwood on Wed 28 Sep 11:09:44

Hang on Studio Wall

27/09/2022

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Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924). Another attempt at a portrait, this time without gridding the photo and the drawing surface. Just measuring and getting the angles as right as I can with pencil and thumb. Charcoal pencils and white Conté crayon on black card.

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James Underwood

Other than sketching on agenda papers during tedious committee meetings, I started drawing and painting only after several years in retirement. Then, almost 70 years old, I first attended an art course. Still so much to learn, thankfully! — “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is…

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